Does the One Everyone Hates Know They're Actually Everyone's Favorite?

Meng Cu is an utterly ordinary girl, so ordinary that she would disappear if tossed into a crowd.

But on her eighteenth birthday, she was bound to a Cinderella System.

As soon as she activated the System, she could transform from a drab Cinderella into a beautiful little princess.

Taking advantage of this, Meng Cu boldly confessed to the guy she liked, and he said yes.

What's more, during this time, plenty of other boys showered her with affection.

Thanks to the System, Meng Cu enjoyed a happy life unlike anything she had ever known.

Everywhere she went, people flocked around her. She was no longer an unremarkable nobody whom everyone could ignore.

Overcome by happiness, she forgot that her transformation System came with a time limit.

Once the clock struck twelve, the magic would wear off.

One day, the guy she liked asked her to stay the night, and she agreed in a daze.

But when she woke up the next morning, he kicked her out of bed.

The magic had worn off, and she had turned back into Cinderella.

His gaze had turned unfamiliar, too.

Overnight, everyone who had once loved her began keeping their distance.

They thought Meng Cu was a scheming woman who had tried to marry into a rich family.

Good thing she didn't get her way.

Relieved, everyone joined in telling Meng Cu to get lost.

At last, Meng Cu understood. All that love and happiness had come from transforming with the System. It had never belonged to her. It was only a beautiful dream.

She returned all the gifts, sincerely apologized to them, then quietly packed up everything she owned and made a graceful exit from a world that had never been hers.

After that, she graduated from college, got an ordinary job, and found an ordinary man like herself. They planned to get married.

There was no love between them. They were simply two adults teaming up to make a life together, but Meng Cu was content with that.

They treated each other with respect. He was considerate of her, and sometimes even brought home fruit after work.

But just as she mustered the courage to log in to a social media account she hadn't used in ages, post her wedding invitation in the class group chat, and wait for congratulations, the long-quiet group suddenly exploded.

“Where have you been? You changed your number, and none of us could get in touch with you!”

“Do you know how close they were to going crazy looking for you?”

Meng Cu: ...Who would be looking for me? I don't think I ever took out a campus loan, did I?

Before You Read:

1. The heroine is an ordinary person in every sense of the word. The male lead is undecided, but he's a gorgeous beauty.

2. Everyone loves her. This is a cheesy Mary Sue story with every kind of melodramatic plot twist.

3. She seems universally disliked, but is actually universally adored.

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